Call-bell



(No Model.) 4 V R. W. BOOTH. CALL BELL.

Patented Apr. 4, 1893 PATENT OFFICE.

RALPH (VILCOX BOOTH, OF NEW BRUNSWVICK, NEW JERSEY.

CALL-BELL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 494,914, dated April 4,1893.

Application filedApril 6, 1892. Serialllm 428,038. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RALPH WILOOX Boorn, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinedLamp and Call-Bell; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a lamp having combined with its basea call bell. Fig. 2, is a vertical section of the base of this lamp.Fig. 3,is a bottom plan view of a modified form of fastening the bell tothe base and of adjusting or hanging the bell strike or tongue. Fig. 4,is a perspective view of a modified form of hanging or pivoting the bellstrike or tongue.

The novelty in the present invention consists in the peculiar manner inwhich the call bell is combined with a lamp, andin the structure of theseveralparts of the bell, and in their combination with each other andwith a hollow lamp base, or any like device. The present invention ischiefly applicable to lamps used on dining tables, and is aimed to1clisi lpense with the ordinary, independent call In the accompanyingdrawings A, denotes any usual and well known lamp. The details of itsstructure except as modified by the present invention, may be of anyusual or well known character. Inside its hollow base A, is fixed in anysuitable way or manner the call bell B. This can be done by a headedbolt 3), passing through the bottom a, of the stem (2., of the lamp; orthe bolt may have a head at one end and a screw threaded shank, thus thehead will come inside the top of the bell, and the screw thread willenable the bolt to be fixed to the lamp bottom; or there may be a ring(5 fixed inside the base and the bell may be attached to that. In thedetail of the mere way or manner of securing the bell to the base I donot wish to confine myself to any exact or precise means, method orform. To the inside of the base the tongue 0, is pivoted to the rod 0,fixed on the inside of the base. The bell strike or tongue 0, is pivotedoutside the bell to the downward projection of the base, Fig. 2, so thatits larger end shall act to counterbalance it and normally remove itfrom contact with the bell. The same object is also well accomplished bythe structure shown in Fig. 4. To agitate it, the stem D, is used. Thisstem passes through the base so as to come immediately over the smallend c,of the tongue. By pushing down upon the head d, of the stem thesmall end of the tongue is depressed and thus the large end is made tostrike the outside of .the bell and consequently ring it. There is asmall pin (1, in the shank of the stem inside the base which serves tohold it so that it can not be accidentally pulled out of the base orgotten out of position. When the bell has been struck, as above stated,the automatic falling down of the heavy end of the tongue removes thetongue from contact with the bell and at the same time the small end ofthe tongue knocks up the stem D. There may be one of these stems andtongues on the base, or each base may have two or more. W'hen severaltongues are thus used the bell can be struck from either side or end ofthe table. There is also this convenience in having the many tongues,that the lamp does not have to be specially adjusted on the table so asto afford an easy reach for the person who ordinarily at table uses thebell call.

This invention is equally well adapted for use on the portable gas standin common use on tables for reading and other purposes.

The structure of the parts of the call bell is very simple andcheap andquite unlikely to get out of order under almost any condition or lengthof use.

I am. aware that heretofore a call bell has been combined with tablefurniture, casters for instance, and I do not broadly claim thecombination of such a hell with a movable article of household use.

What I claim is- I. In combination with a lamp base having internallythe downward projection, as described, and a bell secured within thebase, a bell strike pivoted to said downward projection and externallyto said bell, and a stem adapted to operate said strike, the handle ofvent the removal of the stem by accident or [0 said stem extendingexternally above the base. otherwise.

2. The combination of the hollow base A, In testimony whereof Iaffixmysignature in and the bell B, suspended centrally within it, presenceof two witnesses. and the downward projections c, of the base,

5 with the counterbalanced strikes G, each piv- RALPH WILOOX BOOTH otedto one of said projections, and externally Witnesses: to the bell andthe striking stem D, each hav- AUG. T. LANDMEssER, ing pin d, passingthrough its shank to pre- MABEL F. SMITH.

